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J. R. R. Tolkien, perhaps best known as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was, in his academic life, a scholar of Anglo-Saxon language and literature. After a delay of 90 years, his translation of Beowulf will finally be published today. Through this newly available translation, readers will have the opportunity to visit (or revisit) King Hrothgar's mead hall and experience Beowulf's battles against Grendel and Grendel's mother without having to learn to read Anglo-Saxon, or as it is also known, Old English.

This article isn't arguing against the use of Adblocking extensions, like AdBlock Plus. Rather, it's an argument in favor of using said extensions more prudently (i.e. using whitelists for sites you support etc...).

Devcoin is an open source project designed to support open source projects through the use of a dedicated crypto currency. Crypto currency is a new form of digital money which is decentralized and runs on a distributed network of computers. Cryptographic techniques are used to secure the network and each individual's funds, while open source code provides the shared protocol through which each wallet or service communicates with the public "block chain" where information on all transactions is stored. The most famous example of this is, of course, Bitcoin.

If you find yourself visiting the same websites every day then news reading software such as Akregator are great. Using one application you can trawl through the links quickly and easily. This article looks at Akregator and also includes an OPML file containing links to my favourite Linux sites and blogs.

There are various flavors of Linux screenshot utilities, including desktop-specific screenshot programs (e.g., KSnapshot for KDE, gnome-screenshot for GNOME, Screenshooter for Xfce), or general screenshot utilities (e.g., Shutter). One of unique screenshot utilities is Scrot (short for "SCReen shOT"), which is a command-line screenshot utility. While its interface is minimalistic, Scrot is, feature-wise, as powerful […]Continue reading... The post How to take a screenshot from the command line on Linux appeared first on Xmodulo. Related FAQs: How to take a screenshot while desktop menu is open on Ubuntu How to take a full-length screenshot of a web page in Linux How to take a screenshot of video on Android How to launch a GUI-based desktop program from command line in Linux How to access Dropbox from the command line in Linux

Install Ioncube Loader For All PHP Modes (CLI, CGI, FCGI And FPM) On Debian Wheezy In this tutorial I will explain the installation of Ioncube Loader on Debian Wheezy so that it can be used in all PHP Modes. If one of the php.ini files does not exist on your server, then this php mode is not installed and you can skip that php.ini file.

LinuxCertified Inc, a leading provider of Linux training and services, today announced its next Linux Device Driver Development Course class to be held in South Bay, CA from June 23rd - June 25th, 2014.

The last time KDE released a major revision of its interface, users protested bitterly, and the project took several years to live down the reaction.

4MLinux 8.2 has been released. 4MLinux is a miniature Linux distribution focusing on four capabilities: maintenance (as a system rescue live CD), multimedia (for playing video DVDs and other multimedia files), miniserver (using the inetd daemon), and mystery (providing several small Linux games).

X2Go is a Remote Desktop solution which enables you to access a graphical desktop of a computer over a low bandwidth (or high bandwidth) connection.

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing series looks like it will be heading to Linux. The news comes thanks to a lucky post on their Steam forum about the second game.

We had a great April at Opensource.com bringing in 373,457 page views and 206,314 unique visits. During the month, we announced the recipients of the Opensource.com Community Awards, receiving heartfelt praise from one of the winners. Here is a roundup of articles.

Cherokee is a lightweight, flexible and completely customizable Web server. Its speed and ease of use makes Cherokee one of the top running alternatives to Apache.

With the increasing prevalence of open-source implementations and the expansion of personal computing device usage to include mobile and non-PC devices as well as traditional desktops and laptops, combating attacks and security obstacles against malware is a growing priority for a broad community of vendors, developers and end users.

Techdirt reader Oldlad stuck this through the Submissions slot recently: Because I will not agree to LG's Privacy Policy, I can now no longer access/use any of of the TV's network based programs: Iplayer, Skype, 3D etc. As of the 7th May following a software update to our less than two year old LG TV. I was confronted with a message asking me to read and agree with a couple of important new documents. So like a good little citizen I read and agreed with the first doc regarding use of said TV. but having read the Privacy Doc I was not best pleased with the companies assumption that I would simply agree to their sharing all our intimate viewing details (plus what ever else they can see)with all and sundry.

COM pioneer Congatec unveiled its first SBC: a Linux-ready Mini-ITX motherboard, with AMD’s G-Series SoC, extensive I/O, and PCIe and mini-PCIe expansion. Long-time computer-on-module vendor Congatec AG is now moving into single board computers and OEM services, starting with the “Conga-IGX,” its first industrial Mini-ITX motherboard. The board is designed for “cost-sensitive visualization and control applications,” says the company.

The openSUSE-Education team is proud to present a special, 64-bit edition of openSUSE Edu Li-f-e with the MATE desktop environment. Li-f-e MATE edition came about to support schools in Gujarat, India. They needed a synfig studio: a very simple-to-use C and Java IDE, apart from standard fare of complete office suite and other applications.

Open government isn't a new concept. Thanks to the proliferation of the printing press, the Age of Enlightenment blasted through Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries and brought demands for new rights: free speech, assembly, and, of course, the freedom of the press.

As we've pointed out many times in the past, the originally stated purpose of copyright law was to encourage the sharing of scientific knowledge for the purpose of learning. The first copyright act in the US was actually entitled "for the encouragement of learning." Yet, as copyright law has evolved, it's frequently been used to make learning much more difficult. Just a few months ago, we covered how publishing giant Elsevier had started to demand that academics who had published their own research on Academia.edu take down those works. As we noted then, while big journal publishers often demand that academics hand over their copyright in order to get published, they usually would either grant an exception for an academic to post their own work, or at least look the other way when the academics would do so. And many, many academics obviously decided to post their own papers to the web.

Microcontroller and system-on-chip manufacturer Renesas has become a gold member of the Linux Foundation to advance embedded and automotive systems. In a move that stands to strengthen the hand of open source within the embedded Linux market, especially the automotive industry, the Linux Foundation has announced that microcontroller and chip manufacturer Renesas has become a gold member of the non-profit consortium.